An old story about Mark Wahlberg having passed up one of the leading roles in "Brokeback Mountain" because the sex scenes "creeped him out" has resurfaced on the Internet after Forbes magazine wrote about the story.

The rumors says that back when Ang Lee was casting "Brokeback Mountain," he considered the two buddies, Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg, for the lead roles of the two cowboy lovers.

Allegedly Wahlberg said the following; "I met with Ang Lee on that movie, I read 15 pages of the script and got a little creeped out. It was very graphic, descriptive - the spitting on the hand, getting ready to do the thing. I told Ang Lee, 'I like you, you're a talented guy, if you want to talk about it more...' Thankfully, he didn't."

However, in a later interview with Access Hollywood, Wahlberg denied the story.

"You don't pass up an opportunity to work with Ang Lee... I was never offered the movie... He didn't think I was a good enough actor to play the part," Wahlberg said in the interview.

Last update: 02-28-2008 16:29